JURIDICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION. 2019 no. 60 Rahimov I.M. DOI: 10.25108/2304-1730-1749.iolr.2019.60.405-426 Purpose of punishment Abstract: Sense of just retribution (not revenge) that requires the existence and application of criminal punishment, without which the state itself cannot exist. That is why the punishment is lawful and fair. For the sake of eliminating lynching, lawlessness, revenge, society in the person of the state takes on the responsibility to punish the criminal, because this is required by a person who has suffered evil, has become the object of violence, insult, lost property, etc. Finally, to make sure that punishment is necessary or not, it is useful or useless in modern society, it is enough to imagine what will happen the next day, after the announcement of the abolition of criminal punishment for criminal behavior. The history of punishment in the fight against crime testifies that the goal of keeping (prevention) people from committing crimes to the extent that we dream and hope for is not practically achieved. On the contrary, crime is not decreasing, but growing. Therefore, the question arises of the real level of achievement of the goal of punishment, which depends on its objective capabilities. We cannot demand punishment for what it is not capable of. Therefore, the limits of the possibility of punishment should be investigated. Keywords: punishment; crime; purpose; retribution; justice; theory of goals. We can talk about the “crisis of punishment”, about its futility in the fight against crime only when we are convinced that it is not able to achieve the minimum goals that society has set for it. In this case, naturally, one should take Rahimov Ilham Mammadhasan oglu – Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Honoured Jurist of Azerbaijan Republic (Azerbaijan). E-mail: [email protected] 417 JURIDICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION. 2019 no. 60 into account the objective possibilities of punishment and the real nature of the goal. Therefore, it is reasonable to start by clarifying the purpose of punishment. With its origins, the doctrine on purposes of punishment goes into religion, and the first attempts to determine the purpose of punishment we find in religious sources. If to base on the Divine Scriptures, punishment for the purpose of retribution is a means of influence originally established by God on a human being created by him. It accepted to consider that first theological theories on purposes of punishment based on Old Testament postulates: punishment is retribution for evil; intimidation according to Talion rules “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” (Deut. 19-21). Concluding his first Testament with Adam, the Lord warned him not to eat “from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”, otherwise, “you will die by death” (Genesis 2.17). Therefore it may be assumed that the criminal law began with God‟s Law, and the first person to violate it was the first person - Adam, who can also be considered the first person to be subjected to the original form of punishment - the death penalty. It is also important to understand the essence of punishment as defined by God. Punishment is retribution: “I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me”. ” (Deut. 32, 41), says the Lord. The question about the meaning of the expression: “you die death,” that is, about the punishment in the form of the death penalty, is ambiguous. But in any version of its interpretation it is impossible not to state that it is a punishment for disobedience, violation of the prohibition, the first law, that this punishment has the form of death, and it is from God. And it was established so that the sin committed by Adam would not become eternal (in a legal language - a crime) and would not take root, “would not live forever” (Genesis 3.22) [11, p. 70]. Therefore, punishment is set the goal of intimidation to prevent the commission of sins (crimes) by others. This is also confirmed by the fact that the Lord could show mercy and forgive the first sin of Adam, but He, as an all-seer, 418 JURIDICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION. 2019 no. 60 rather proceeded from the inappropriateness and futility of such an act of mercy. At the same time, one cannot see the punishment of Adam as the act of revenge on the part of God. Along with the idea of retribution, religion recognized other goals of punishment. So, for example, Isidore spoke of the importance of a general warning, intimidation and protection of the safety of civilians. Augustine also points to intimidation, but emphasizes the importance of correcting criminals. Undoubtedly, here we see a look at the goals of punishment, progressive in that it stood higher than the appropriating private-legal view of the new peoples settled in Europe, that is, compared with blood feud - this is a big step forward. However, we must recognize that the attitude of the canonists towards punishment does not rise above the detailed, expedient, and sometimes more humane views of ancient thinkers. They were not particularly seriously interested in the questions of the causes of crime, and therefore, the impact on them, including through criminal punishment, while these problems were the subject of deep reflection and research of the ancient sages. In the Surahs of the Qur‟an and in the statements of the Prophet Muhammad, retribution is also defined as the purpose of punishment. In developing the theory of crime, or rather crime, Muslim jurisprudents proceeded from two fundamental philosophical and theological principles. First of all, they believed that all actions and even thoughts of people are somehow predetermined by the will of Allah. However, according to representatives of the most Muslim-juridical schools, the framework established by the “divine revelation” is flexible enough to allow a person in many cases to independently choose their own behavior. Therefore, any serious misconduct is considered as a punishable violation of Muslim bans, the meaning of which is the general orientation of Islam, in particular, its legal principles and norms, to protect the five basic values - religion, life, reason, the continuation of offspring and property. Another crucial moment is a consideration 419 JURIDICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION. 2019 no. 60 as disobedience to the will of Allah. Therefore, a crime, according to Muslim law, is not only a violation of the criminal law of the state, but also a serious religious misconduct. Crime, on essence, is the act of injustice towards itself, sin against Allah. Based on this notion of crime, Islam religion fights to crime with a few methods. First, with direct religion ban on commission illegal actions that address to citizens‟ feelings. Second, through social influence that means a duty of each member of a society to fight against to crime. Third, - with punishment for committed crime. At the same time, Quran considers a punishment like a just retribution. “Oh people! I prescribe retribution for those killed: free - for free, slave - for slave, woman - for woman ...” (Quran. Surah 2.) . Right to retribution is called „source of life‟. The reasons of this are seen in the fact that the right belongs to an individual, but not the state, which is not entitled, at its discretion, to intervene in a conflict affecting the interests of its participants. What are the objectives pursued by the punishment according to the Koran? First, it should note that the Holy Book of Allah provides for double punishment: one in the near life, the other, and crueler in the afterlife. This is mentioned in many Surahs of the Quran. So, Surah 5 reads: “To the one who intentionally kills the faithful, hell will appear in retribution, where he will be forever, and before that he will be subject to death”. The most important goal on Quran is educational, prophylactic and preventive. Surah 2 of Quran reads: “Law of retribution needs to stop thoughts of a killer and to save those whom he wants to kill”. However, the first place the purpose of punishment is an intimidation: “Thief and woman-thief cut off their hands in retribution for what they acquired as intimidation from Allah” (5:38). Holly book of Muslims is aimed to form a deep feeling of disgust for crimes against other people, which thereby constitutes crimes against Allah. It is “going 420 JURIDICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION. 2019 no. 60 beyond the limit,” according to the Quran, that is the main cause of social disasters and disruption of the normal order of human life. Therefore, punishment does not pursue the goal of gloating, repaying, settling scores, or an ardent desire to inflict pain or to keep society in a constrained, anxious position, or to cause torment and torment by cutting off parts of the body, killing, stoning. The purpose of punishment, according to the norms of Islam, is the rule of virtue and dignity. They say that a system of punishment on Islam is too hard. To this, supporters of the preservation of harsh punishments respond that this is the will of Allah, and no one has the right to cancel it. In addition, it must be kept in mind that bodily punishment provided for by the Quran is practically not applied nowadays, but it is of an effective preventive nature. Very often one may come across the following question: why is Islam more focused not on correcting the criminal, but on his punishment? Muslim jurisprudents believe that in Islam every social institution focused on instilling in a person moral values and feelings of responsibility. This process is carried out from the cradle to the grave. Therefore, “correcting” a person should be before he commits a crime, and not after it has already happened.